How to *change* ownership of file or folder?

[*Vanguard*]

Lots of instructions on how to *take* ownership of a folder or file
(requiring you logon in using an admin-level account). That's NOT what
I want to do. I want to copy or move a folder and all its files and
subfolders and then *change* ownership from the original creator to
another account. I do NOT want to take ownership (as Administrator) and
then simply give permissions to the other account. I want that other
account to actually OWN those folders and files.

account_1 has a folder with files and subfolders. I want that folder to
now be OWNED by my account_2. I do NOT want the folder to be owned by
Administrator with full permissions granted to account_2. I want the
folder to have full permissions by account_2 *AND* I want account_2 to
actually be listed as the owner of that folder.

Unix has its chown command to change ownership. Nothing like that in
Windows? When I use the advanced security option in the properties of a
file or folder, the only owners listed is the admin-level account that I
am currently logged under and the Administrators group. I don't see the
other accounts listed so I can push ownership to one of those other
accounts.

 

[David Candy]

Let the user take ownership. Admins can take ownership even if they don't have the permission. Anyone can take ownership if they have permissions.

 

[*Vanguard*]

"David Candy" said in news:estO%[email protected]:

Let the user take ownership. Admins can take ownership even if they
don't have the permission. Anyone can take ownership if they have
permissions.

Ah, so if I give the user full permissions then they can take ownership.
It's been so drilled into me about administrators taking ownership that
that was the only way I thought it was done. Basically I've read that
only administrators can usurp ownership. But after reading your reply,
I went into security permissions, advanced, and then clicked Edit to
find "Take Ownership" way at the bottom of the list.

The only problem I see is actually getting the user to take ownership.
If the user doesn't bother or there's squabbling, the folders and files
remain owned by Administrator which is often not appropriate. I also
really didn't want to get into hand holding the user in how to take
ownership. I'd much prefer to *push* ownership rather than beg that
they take it.

Thanks for the info.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

File & folder "ownership" cannot be given; it can only be taken.
Think of this as a "check and balance" on the Administrator, to
prevent an unscrupulous one from snooping where he shouldn't (like
personnel or payroll files), and then reassigning the ownership back
to its original owner to cover his actions.


Bruce Chambers

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[*Vanguard*]

"Bruce Chambers" said in news:[email protected]:

Greetings --

File & folder "ownership" cannot be given; it can only be taken.
Think of this as a "check and balance" on the Administrator, to
prevent an unscrupulous one from snooping where he shouldn't (like
personnel or payroll files), and then reassigning the ownership back
to its original owner to cover his actions.

Assuming auditing is checked. I have seen IT folks take ownership and
then asked why and in each case it was a valid reason. If you need to
secure the contents of a file from other users, including
administrators, use EFS.

Administrators who aren't trustworthy? Nah, couldn't be. Just read a
post from a guy claiming to be a network admin that wanted to know how
to slow down an employees laptop to sabotage their work just because his
feelings got hurt by an irate user (http://snipurl.com/bitchy in Google
Groups).